17．An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to （归因于）the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works．
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January，according to UCAS，the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service．A．spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up．
Professor john Beath，the president of the society and a leading lecture at St Andrews University，said his first-year lectures-which are open to students from all departments-were drawing crowds of 400，rather than the usual 250．
"There are a large number of students who are not economics majors，who would like to learn something about it．One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn't traditionally done．"He added．
University applications rose 7% last year．But there were rises above average in several subjects．Nursing saw a 15% jump，with people's renewed interest in caters in the pubic sector（部门），which are seen as more secure in economic crisis．
A．recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters，and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on，although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain．
Zack Hocking，the head of Child Trust Funds，said："It's possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that's financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty．"
71．Professor John Beath's lectures areB．
A．given in a traditional way
B．connected with the present situation
C．open to both students and their parents
D．warmly received by economics
72．Incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of theirA．
A．greater stability
B．higher pay
C．fewer applications
D．better reputation
73．in the opinion of most parentsC．
A．eccentrics should be the focus of school teaching
B．more students should be admitted to universities
C．the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened．
D．children should solve financial problems themselves
74．According to Hocking，the global economic crisis might make the youngstersA．
A．wiser in money management
B．have access to better equipment
C．confide about their future careers
D．get jobs in Child Trust Funds
75．What's the main idea of the text？B
A．Universities have received more applications．
B．Economics is attracting an increasing numbers students
C．college students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty
D．parents are concerned with children's subject selection．
分析 文章讲述的是随着经济危机的出现，很多学生都开始注重经济方面课程的选择和知识的学习，大学里的与当今经济有关的课程非常的火爆
解答 71．B 细节理解题． 根据第四段One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn't traditionally done．可知Professor John Beath的报告与目前的形势是有联系的，因此答案选B．
72．A 推理判断题．根据倒数第三段with people's renewed interest in careers in the pubic sector（部门），which are seen as more secure in economic crisis可知，这些部门的工作在经济危机的时候更加稳定，安全，因此答案选A．
73．C 细节理解题．根据倒数第二段A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters可知在大多数父母看来，学校应该去教学生更多关于金融方面的东西，因此答案选C．
74．A 推理判断题．根据最后一段It's possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that's financially wiser and better equipped （使…有能力） to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty可知全球经济危机可以使年轻人在对钱的管理方面变得更加明智，因此答案选A．
75．B 主旨大意题．文章讲述的是随着经济危机的出现，很多学生都开始注重经济方面课程的选择和知识的学习，因此答案选B．
点评 本文是新闻报道类阅读理解，这类题材是高考常考内容，它注重考查考生对整体文章的把握能力，做题时考生应该在把握大意的基础上，结合题目要求以及语境做出正确的选择．
